Saturday, October 18, 2014

Thursday, October 9, 2014

DHX
MEDIA AND SONY PICTURES ANIMATION TAKING CLOUDY
WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS TO TELEVISION

Halifax, Los Angeles, London, Toronto, Vancouver. October 9, 2014. DHX Media, a key player
internationally in the creation of content for families and children, has
signed a deal with Sony Pictures Animation to expand the blockbuster film
franchise Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballsinto television with a brand-new
adaptation.

The far-reaching deal
will see DHX Media develop and produce twenty-six 22-minute, traditionally
animated small-screen episodes of the acclaimed computer-generated animated feature
films, and includes global television and non-US home entertainment
exploitation rights to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: The
Series (Sony will distribute home entertainment in the US). The deal also has DHX Media representing merchandising
for the television series on a worldwide basis.

The 2009mouth-watering
animated comedy Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and its 2013 sequel, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, were produced
bySony Pictures
Animation, and distributed byColumbia Pictures. Both films were critical and commercial successeswhich grossed a combined $510 million in theaters.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: The Series takes place before giant food came raining down on Swallow Falls.
Flint Lockwood is a high school tween with big dreams. Swallow
Falls is a blue-collar town where sardines are driving a booming economy. But
Flint suffers from NFD: Non Fish-related Dreams. He wants to be a serious
scientist and maybe one day not have his inventions blow up in his face. Along
for the ride is Sam Sparks, who's the new girl in town and the school's newest
wannabe ace reporter. These two outsiders come together for laughs and
comedic adventures with all the great characters from the film: Flint's Dad
Tim, Steve the Monkey, Manny the head of the school's audiovisual, school gym
teacher Earl before he becomes a cop, Brent who still models baby wear, and
Mayor Shelbourne, who wins every election on the pro-sardine platform.

Steven DeNure,
President and COO of DHX Media, said: “Cloudy
with a Chance of Meatballs has a tremendous legacy as beloved children’s
books and a duo of highly popular feature films, showing how great ideas can succeed
across media. We believe audiences both old and new are going to love this fiercely
funny franchise reimagined for the small screen.”

Bob Osher, President ofSony PicturesDigital Productions, said: “I'mthrilled
to see the adventures of our beloved characters from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs further expanded to television for
audiences around the world to enjoy.”

Rick
Mischel, executive producer at Sony Pictures Animation, added: “DHX’s
track record in creating great kids’ television content makes them an ideal
partner to capture the unique humor and tone of Flint Lockwood and his friends
that made the theatrical franchise so successful.”

About
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs follows the adventures of Flint Lockwood, an eccentric
young scientist whose awkward demeanor and half-baked inventions – ratbirds,
spray-on shoes, and talking monkeys – have made him an outsider in his hometown
of Swallow Falls. All that is about to change with his latest
contraption: the Flint Lockwood Diatonic Super Nano Dynamic Food Replicator (or
FLDSNDFR for short), a miraculous machine designed to make sure nobody ever
goes hungry again. But when his creation leaves the whole world in a pickle,
the forecast goes from sunny to Cloudy
with a Chance of Meatballs Based on
the best-selling book by Judi and Ron Barrett, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is directed by Phil Lord and
Chris Miller (writers and directors of “The LEGO Movie”); produced by Pam
Marsden (“Dinosaur”). The CG animation was created by Sony Pictures Imageworks.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2picks up
where Sony Pictures Animation’s mouth-watering comedy left off. Inventor Flint
Lockwood thought he saved the world when he destroyed his most infamous
invention -- a machine that turned water into food causing cheeseburger rain
and spaghetti tornadoes. But Flint soon learns that his invention survived and
is now creating food-animals – "foodimals!" Flint and his
friends embark on a dangerously delicious mission to battle hungry tacodiles,
shrimpanzees, hippotatomuses, cheespiders and other foodimals to save the world
– again!
Columbia Pictures presents a Sony Pictures Animation film, Cloudy with a Chance ofMeatballs
2. With the voices of Bill Hader,
Anna Faris, James Caan, Will Forte, Andy Samberg, Benjamin Bratt, Neil Patrick
Harris, Terry Crews, and Kristen Schaal.
Directed by Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn.
Story by Phil Lord &
Christopher Miller and Erica Rivinoja.
Screenplay by Erica Rivinoja and John Francis Daley & Jonathan
Goldstein. Inspired by the book Cloudy
with a Chance of Meatballs written by Judi Barrett & illustrated by Ron
Barrett. Produced by Pam Marsden and
Kirk Bodyfelt. Executive producers are
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Music
by Mark Mothersbaugh. Imagery and
Animation by Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc.

About DHX Media Ltd.

DHX Media Ltd. (www.dhxmedia.com), a
leading creator, producer, marketer and broadcaster of family entertainment, is
recognized globally for such brands asYo
Gabba Gabba!,Caillou,Teletubbies,In the Night Garden,Inspector Gadget,Johnny Test, and the
multi-award winningDegrassifranchise.
DHX Media Ltd. is the owner of Family Channel, the most-viewed children's
television channel in Canada, as well as Disney Junior (English & French)
and Disney XD. The Company markets and distributes its library of more than
10,000 half-hours of entertainment programming worldwide, and licenses its
owned properties through its dedicated consumer products business. DHX Media
Ltd.'s full-service international licensing agency, Copyright Promotions
Licensing Group Ltd. (CPLG), represents numerous entertainment, sport and
design brands. DHX Media Ltd. has offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax, Los
Angeles, London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Munich and Amsterdam, and is listed
on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbols DHX.A and DHX.B.

About
Sony Pictures Animation

Sony
Pictures Animation (www.SonyPicturesAnimation.com) produces a variety of animated and family entertainment for
audiences around the world. The studio followed its worldwide comedy
hits—the 2012 monster hit comedy Hotel Transylvania, the hybrid
live action/animated blockbusters The Smurfs and The Smurfs 2, and the 2009 mouth-watering Cloudy with a
Chance ofMeatballs—with the family
comedy Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2, now available on Blu-ray combo pack and digital. Sony
Pictures Animation also released a brand new mini-movie on DVD and television
last Fall, The Smurfs: The Legend of
Smurfy Hollow. The studio, in
conjunction with Aardman Animations, has produced two critically acclaimed
feature films: the CG-animated family comedy Arthur Christmas;
and the Academy Award® nominated stop-frame animated high-seas adventure, The
Pirates! Band of Misfits. In 2007, Surf's Up also
received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Animated Feature
Film. The division, whose first feature film Open Season led
to a very successful movie franchise, turned 10 in 2012. Sony
Pictures Animation is an operating unit of Sony Pictures Digital Productions.